Female passenger dies in car accident on I-15

The San Diego County Medical Examiner's office has identified a 20-year-old woman who was killed Monday night when the car she was riding in ran off the road and flipped over on northbound Interstate 15 near state Route 52.

Tina Kohr was one of three people in the white 1996 Toyota Camry at the time of the incident.

The 16-year-old female driver of the vehicle survived the crash with non-life threatening injuries, as did a 26-year-old male front-seat passenger, said officer Juan Escobar. Both were taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital.

The driver told CHP officers that they were traveling at about 65 miles per hour on I-15 northbound making the transition to state Road 52 when she lost control of the vehicle.

The vehicle veered to the left on the transition road and struck a wood-and-metal guardrail, overturning several times, and causing Kohr to be partially ejected and sustain fatal head injuries, according to the report.

The Toyota came to rest on its roof on the right shoulder of I-15, with Kohr ejected through the rear window; she was pronounced dead at the scene. In the process, the car’s hood became detached on I-15, where it was struck by a black BMW.

Escobar said the driver of the Toyota was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Both she and the male passenger were wearing seatbelts, he said, while it appeared that Kohr was not.

Kohr was a San Diego resident, as were the two survivors. Neither of them were immediately identified.